World’s Story Volume XI: Canada, South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies

124 chapters

1. 1The landing of Columbus, by Petro Gabrini, painting, frontispiece3m
2. 2Canada Part I: Discovery and exploration: Historical note2m
3. 3What the Italians thought of John Cabot (1498), from two contemporary letters7m
4. 4Jacques Cartier at Quebec (1535), by John Fiske14m
5. 5Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1583), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow3m
6. 6The last days of Henry Hudson (1611), by Agnes C. Laut17m
7. 7The last voyage of Henry Hudson, by Hon. John Collier, painting p. 241m
8. 8Why the Iroquois hated the French (1609), by Eva March Tappan6m
9. 9Champlain and the impostor Vignan (1613), by Francis Parkman11m
10. 10Canada Part II: Heroes and heroines of early Canada: Historical note3m
11. 11The story of Jean Brébeuf (1633-1649), by Rev. J. O. Miller11m
12. 12The women who founded the Ursuline convent at Quebec (1639), by W. S. Herrington7m
13. 13The story of Ville Marie de Montreal (1642), by Agnes Maule Machar17m
14. 14Madame de la Tour and her defense of Fort St. John (1645), by Mary Hartwell Catherwood21m
15. 15The child who defended Castle Dangerous (1692), by Thomas G. Marquis18m
16. 16Canada Part III: Life in the French settlements: Historical note2m
17. 17In the days of Frontenac (1672-1698), by Rev. J. O. Miller11m
18. 18How people lived in New France (Seventeenth century), by Charles G. D. Roberts14m
19. 19The Coureur de Bois, by Samuel Mathewson Baylis2m
20. 20Canada Part IV: Canada becomes a British Province: Historical note2m
21. 21The exile of the Acadians (1755), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow8m
22. 22The second capture of Louisburg (1758), by Agnes C. Laut8m
23. 23The fall of Quebec (1759), by George Bancroft20m
24. 24The fall of Quebec, from an old print, painting p. 1221m
25. 25The troubles of the Loyalists (about 1783), by Eva March Tappan15m
26. 26Loyalist Shelburne (1783), by Daniel Owen12m
27. 27How a settler built his log barn (early part of the nineteenth century), by Samuel Thompson7m
28. 28The second concession of Deer, by William Wye Smith4m
29. 29Canada Part V: Scenes from Canadian history: Historical note2m
30. 30Monument to Joseph Brant, photograph p. 1522m
31. 31When Tecumseh met General Brock (1812), by Walter R. Nursey4m
32. 32Laura Secord, a heroine of the war of 1812 (1813), by Rev. J. O. Miller5m
33. 33The battle of Lundy's Lane (1814), by Agnes C. Laut8m
34. 34The cutting-out of the Caroline (1837), by John Charles Dent11m
35. 35Taken prisoner by the Fenians (1866), by David Junor15m
36. 36The Canadians on the Nile (1884-1885), by William Wye Smith3m
37. 37Canada Part VI: Stories of the trappers: Historical note2m
38. 38A Canadian boat-song, by Thomas Moore2m
39. 39How the Northwest Company lost Fort Gabriel (about 1820), by Sir Gilbert Parker10m
40. 40Shopping at a Hudson's Bay Company's fort, by H. M. Robinson12m
41. 41The trade into the north, by Aubrey Fullerton19m
42. 42Canada Part VII: The Canadian Northwest: Historical note2m
43. 43How Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific Ocean (1793), by Rev. J. O. Miller7m
44. 44How Canada acquired the Northwest (1869), by Eva March Tappan8m
45. 45How the Canadian Pacific crossed the Selkirks (1881-1886), by Frederic A. Talbot10m
46. 46A glacier in the Selkirk Mountains, photograph p. 2282m
47. 47The Canadian Northwest mounted police (Twentieth century), by W. G. Fitz-Gerald19m
48. 48How the Canadian Northwest awoke (End of the nineteenth century), by A. G. Bradley12m
49. 49Canada Part VIII: The Empire of the North: Historical note2m
50. 50The cable hymn (1858), by John G. Whittier3m
51. 51The bore of the Bay of Fundy, by Eliza B. Chase6m
52. 52How Dr. Grenfell was saved (Twentieth century), by George Andrews, one of the rescuers7m
53. 53Given to hospitality (Twentieth century), by Dr. Wilfred Thomason Grenfell18m
54. 54Canada of the future (Twentieth century), by Agnes C. Laut15m
55. 55South America Part I: Stories of the Incas: Historical note3m
56. 56The stolen child of the Inca (before 1532), by Sir Clements R. Markham11m
57. 57Machu Picchu, a ruined city of the Incas, photograph p. 2882m
58. 58How Pizarro captured the Inca (1532), by William Hickling Prescott12m
59. 59The golden ransom (1532), by Charles Bradford Hudson11m
60. 60The execution of Atahuallpa (1533), by W. H. Davenport Adams13m
61. 61The hidden treasure of the Incas (after 1532), from the Spanish of Valverde7m
62. 62South America Part II: Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Ecuador: Historical note3m
63. 63The highest railroad in the World (about 1865), by Frederic A. Talbot20m
64. 64How to conduct a Spanish-American revolution (about 1860), by F. Hassaurek10m
65. 65The unconquerable Araucanians (Twentieth century), by Nevin O. Winter10m
66. 66The Christ of the Andes, by Nevin O. Winter2m
67. 67South America Part III: Venezuela, Colombia, and the Guianas: Historical note2m
68. 68The adventures of Columbus off the coast of Trinidad (1498), by Washington Irving6m
69. 69What Sir Walter Raleigh thought of Guiana (1595), by Sir Walter Raleigh6m
70. 70The story of Bolívar (1817-1830), by Lindon Bates, Jr.26m
71. 71The statue of Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela, photograph p. 3642m
72. 72The sword of Bolívar, by Unknown4m
73. 73The Asphalt Lake of Trinidad (Twentieth century), by Lindon Bates, Jr.4m
74. 74Modern Columbia (Twentieth century), by Francis E. Clarke8m
75. 75South America Part IV: Brazil: Historical note2m
76. 76The discovery of Brazil (1500), by Robert Grant Watson6m
77. 77Why Brazil belonged to Portugal (1500), by Thomas Bonaventure Lawler5m
78. 78How King John VI came to Brazil (1808), by D. P. Kidder and J. C. Fletcher8m
79. 79Dom Pedro II, the exiled emperor (1889), by Marie Robinson Wright7m
80. 80An American colony in Brazil (1910), by Nevin O. Winter9m
81. 81South America Part V: Paraguay and Uruguay: Historical note3m
82. 82Life at a Paraguayan ''Reduction'', by Mrs. Marion G. Mulhall9m
83. 83The escape of the American minister from Paraguay (1868), by Charles A. Washburn11m
84. 84A visit to Artigas (about 1815), by W. H. Koebel7m
85. 85Uruguay and the Uruguayans (Twentieth century), by Francis E. Clark12m
86. 86South America Part VI: The Argentine Republic: Historical note2m
87. 87Argentine independence (1810-1910), by Hiram Bingham11m
88. 88The people of the Argentine Pampas (about 1870), by Dr. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento10m
89. 89A real Patagonian (about 1880), by Lady Florence Dixie10m
90. 90In Buenos Aires (Twentieth century), by Hiram Bingham10m
91. 91Central America: Historical note1m
92. 92A sacrifice to Tohil, by William T. Brigham9m
93. 93Copan, by Joaquin Miller2m
94. 94Balboa (1513), by Thomas Buchanan Read4m
95. 95Chief Nicaragua and the Spaniards (1522), by Frederick Palmer6m
96. 96William Walker, ''the last of the Filibusters'' (1853-1860), by Joaquin Miller4m
97. 97The cargadors of Guatemala (Twentieth century), by Nevin O. Winter3m
98. 98Happy little Costa Rica (Twentieth century), by Frederick Palmer10m
99. 99Mexico Part I: Stories of the Aztecs: Historical note3m
100. 100A hymn of the ancient Mexicans2m
101. 101Nezahualcoyotl, king of the Tuscucans, by William Hickling Prescott5m
102. 102Mexican hieroglyphics, photograph p. 4822m
103. 103How an Aztec boy became a knight, by Hubert Howe Bancroft8m
104. 104How the Aztec king passed his time (early part of the sixteenth century), by Hubert Howe Bancroft10m
105. 105Mexico Part II: The coming of the Spaniards: Historical note2m
106. 106Has the god Quetzalcoatl come to Mexico ? (1519), by William Hickling Prescott16m
107. 107The king without a throne, by Hubert Howe Bancroft16m
108. 108The fall of the city of Mexico (1521), by Jacob Abbott8m
109. 109Statue of Quauhtemoc, photograph p. 5163m
110. 110Mexico Part III: Modern Mexico: Historical note3m
111. 111The angels of Buena Vista (1847), by John G. Whittier6m
112. 112Maximilian at Queretaro (1872), by Margaret Junkin Preston3m
113. 113The last moments of Maximilian, by Jean Paul Laurens (France, 1838), painting p. 5242m
114. 114The rule of Porfirio Diaz (1877-1919), by Channing Arnold and Frederick J. Tabor Frost20m
115. 115The National Palace, city of Mexico, photograph p. 5343m
116. 116The West Indies: Historical note2m
117. 117The first landing of Columbus (1492), by Ferdinand Columbus, son of Christopher Columbus13m
118. 118Toussaint L'Ouverture (1801), by Wendell Phillips18m
119. 119''The marble memory of Josephine'', empress of France, by Lafcadio Hearn3m
120. 120The Fer-de-Lance of Martinique, by Lafcadio Hearn9m
121. 121The eruption of Mont Pelée (1902), by Charles Augustus Stoddard8m
122. 122The Court of Justice of General Gomez (1895), by Grover Flint6m
123. 123Execution Wall, Havana, photograph p. 5682m
124. 124How freedom came to Porto Rico (1898), by William Dinwiddie11m

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